India’s new rules to tackle deepfakes look good, but are hard to put in action

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AI in journalism and democracy: Can we rely on it?

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AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research

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What the Canadian government is missing on AI

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What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?

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We can’t ban AI, but we can build the guardrails to prevent it from going off the tracks

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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together

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Is the AI bubble about to burst? What to watch for as the markets wobble

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Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why

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Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences

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Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?

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The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences

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How do ‘AI detection’ tools actually work? And are they effective?

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We asked teachers about their experiences with AI in the classroom — here’s what they said

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New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading

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Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information

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Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

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The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily

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Australia is facing an ‘AI divide’, new national survey shows

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Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women

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How AI is challenging the credibility of some online courses

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Can you treat a narcissist?

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Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it? The answer is in how our brains perceive risk and trust

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New Nasa lunar contest could pit Elon Musk against Jeff Bezos, as US fears China will win race to Moon

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US officials praise Canada on wildfires but ignore climate at Toronto G7 meeting

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Cybersecurity Meets Sustainability. Responsible Digital Hygiene for Mac Users

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The right way for Canada to secure cloud sovereignty

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What’s the difference between passwords and passkeys? It’s not just the protection they provide

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OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks

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The hardest part of creating conscious AI might be convincing ourselves it’s real

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OpenAI slipped shopping into 800 million ChatGPT users’ chats − here’s why that matters

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Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much?

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Humans have an internal lunar clock – but light pollution is disrupting it

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Canada’s health data is flowing abroad while Ottawa stalls on AI rules

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How to ensure youth, parents, educators and tech companies are on the same page on AI

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Peel public health warns of rising disease infection cases

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What is AI poisoning? A computer scientist explains

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AI heavyweights call for end to ‘superintelligence’ research

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A ‘digital twin’ of your brain could predict mental health issues, and slow cognitive decline

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AI systems and humans ‘see’ the world differently – and that’s why AI images look so garish

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Could your walk be a signal about your ability to win a fight?

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How generative AI could change how we think and speak

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Canada’s AI ambitions depend on energy security and critical resources

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Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice

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AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define

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Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage

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AI weapons are dangerous in war. But saying they can’t be held accountable misses the point

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AI, drone ships and new sensors could leave submarines with few places to hide in the ocean

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OpenAI’s newly launched Sora 2 makes AI’s environmental impact impossible to ignore

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What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? Look at their antennae

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Canada’s next great project must be to build an AI nation

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YouTube shapes young people’s political education, but the site simplifies complex issues

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‘Spooky action at a distance’ – a beginner’s guide to quantum entanglement and why it matters in the real world

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The American TikTok deal doesn’t address the platform’s potential for manipulation, only who profits

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We teach young people to write. In the age of AI, we must teach them how to see

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As the UK plans to introduce digital IDs, what can it learn from pioneer Estonia?

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The warning signs are clear: We’re heading toward a digital crisis

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Social media age restrictions may go further than you thought. Here’s how

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AI systems can easily lie and deceive us – a fact researchers are painfully aware of

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AI is creating fake legal cases and making its way into real courtrooms, with disastrous results

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AI use by UK justice system risks papering over the cracks caused by years of underfunding

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How researchers are making precision agriculture more affordable

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Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians’ use of social bot

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Go or Stay? Hurricane Evacuation Triggers and Local Alerts

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Digital ‘nudges’ to online consumers can promote public interest

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How AI-based eye scans can detect high blood sugar, heart disease

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Canada needs a national strategy for generative AI in higher education

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Trust in government a key factor in acceptance of greater federal use of AI

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TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

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A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland’s ice sheet

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Generative AI and deeper thinking: What’s in our heads still matters*

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Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies

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How a fly sees the world – and why understanding its vision can help prevent disease

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Earth’s inner core: nobody knows exactly what it’s made of – now we’ve started to uncover the truth

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Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow

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When robots are integrated into household spaces and rituals, they acquire emotional value

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Social media is teaching children how to use AI. How can teachers keep up?

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When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data

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Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity

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ChatGPT only talks in cliches – here’s why that’s a threat to human creativity

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How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity

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Digital platforms are now the ultimate political power brokers, with consequences for democracy

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Teachers are key to students’ AI literacy, and need support

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We drilled deep under the sea to learn more about mega-earthquakes and tsunamis

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White mold fungi split their genome across several nuclei, with implications for future gene editing

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From fear to fluency: what our students learned when they used AI across an entire course

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What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week

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The rise of humanlike chatbots detracts from developing AI for the human good

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What, exactly, is space-time?

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Managing soil fertilization levels can make for more efficient and productive crops

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Part of your brain gets bigger as you get older – here is what that means for you

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Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?

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A humanoid robot is now on sale for under US$6,000 – what can you do with it?

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Laws are introduced globally to reduce ‘psychological harm’ online – but there’s no clear definition of what it is

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How machine learning can help discover anti-hepatitis C drugs

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GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?

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Premier League: from red success to grey failure – how kit colours appear to impact performance

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From sanctuary to shipping lane: LNG Canada tankers threaten BC’s whale haven

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As the status quo shifts, we’re becoming more forgiving when algorithms mess up

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Nature’s underground engineers: how plant roots could save harvests from drought

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Why on Earth is the planet’s day getting shorter?

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Harnessing technology for early warnings on earthquakes

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Canadian businesses need a new government approach to cybercrime

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Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin

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Psychedelic drug DMT and near death experiences have long been linked – my study is the first to explore the connection in depth

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A company says it could turn mercury into gold using nuclear fusion. Can we take this claim seriously?

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The hunt for ‘planet nine’: why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System

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Canada could use thermal infrastructure to turn wasted heat emissions into energy

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Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth

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Maximizing Emerging Trends in Locally Led AI Solutions for Climate Action

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Fraser River feels the burn: Wildfires spiking pollutants and altering ocean carbon

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AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations

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What happens to your brain when you watch videos online at faster speeds than normal

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AI-powered assistive technologies are changing how we experience and imagine public space

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Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources

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Plankton can investigate crime, affect the climate and influence science

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WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

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Here’s why the public needs to challenge the ‘good AI’ myth pushed by tech companies

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AI applications are producing cleaner cities, smarter homes and more efficient transit

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Could trees know when the summer solstice is?

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Air India crash: what do we know about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involved? Expert Q&A

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Navigating privacy and transparency in the digital age

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Chatbots can help clinicians become better communicators, and this could boost vaccine uptake

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Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance — and invade their privacy

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A neuroscientist explains why it’s impossible for AI to ‘understand’ language

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One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of 10 ping pong balls in plastic

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Uncertainty at NASA − Trump withdraws his nominee for administrator while the agency faces a steep proposed budget cut

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New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

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Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet

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Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills

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Have journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI?

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Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

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Want an advanced AI assistant? Prepare for them to be all up in your business

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Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?

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Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible

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M&S cyber-attack: how to protect yourself from sim-swap fraud

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Meta’s Community Notes program is promising, but needs to prioritize transparency

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How lichens are bringing stone to life and reconnecting us with the natural world

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Batteries that absorb carbon emissions move a step closer to reality – new study

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Is Crypto Corrupt?

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New recommendations for regulating neurotechnology in Canada include protecting Indigenous rights

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How Canada could achieve digital sovereignty

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Recognising and embracing AI in research

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What resources will US gain access to under Ukraine mineral deal? Expert Q&A

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Using fire to produce nanoparticles could revolutionize various industries

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Medicine’s over-generalization problem — and how AI might make things worse

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People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

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Social media influencers blur the lines between political content and campaigning, potentially affecting elections

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EU Fines Apple and Meta for Competition Violations

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Canada and Europe need a talent hub to overcome Trump threats

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Two-thirds of Canadians have experimented with generative AI, but most don’t understand its impacts

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Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters

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Lab-grown meat: you may find it icky, but it could drive forward medical research

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Next generation computer chips could process data at the speed of light – new research

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How our unconscious memory keeps us functioning efficiently in our daily lives

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AI is making elections weird: Lessons from a simulated war-game exercise

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Federal election: Conservatives and Liberals are targeting different generations and geographies online

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Why AI therapists could further isolate vulnerable patients instead of easing suffering

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Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology

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Taiwan’s latest computer chip has serious implications for technology – and the island’s security

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Why AI can’t take over creative writing

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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down

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As generative AI becomes more sophisticated, it’s harder to distinguish the real from the deepfake

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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back

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Google’s AI-generated search feature hasn’t yet changed how users interact with search results

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Is Google Maps brainwashing us? It might be if the theory of ‘extended cognition’ is correct

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Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives — it’s time to stop using them

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How digital giants let poll scrutiny fall

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Earth’s Orbit Is Filling Up With Junk. Greenhouse Gases Are Making the Problem Worse.

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Cryptocurrency’s transparency is a mirage: New research shows a small group of insiders influence its value

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How the risk of AI weapons could spiral out of control

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What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains

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To understand the future of AI, take a look at the failings of Google Translate

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Canada’s immigration process is increasingly digitized, but that can make if difficult to navigate

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Beyond AI regulation: How government and industry can team up to make the technology safer without hindering innovation

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‘Pac-Man with a ponytail’ proteins regulate everything from night vision to heartbeats – studying what GRKs look like could improve an array of drugs

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DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

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What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?

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DeepSeek: China’s AI challenges the West

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How plants are able to remember stress without a brain

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Our research on dark web forums reveals the growing threat of AI-generated child abuse images

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Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste

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Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you’d find in your stomach

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DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake

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Sofas that self-assemble when you heat them up? How 4D printing could transform manufacturing

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The Paris summit marks a tipping point on AI’s safety and sustainability

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AI Summit in Paris: US vs. China vs Europe vs the Rest?

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Here’s how researchers are helping AIs get their facts straight

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4 Potential Climate Solutions — and Their Viability

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The 2°C Target Is ‘Dead,’ Says Top Climate Scientist

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Government needs to show that its AI plan can be trusted to deal with serious risks when it comes to health data

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DeepSeek: China’s gamechanging AI system has big implications for UK tech development

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Putting DeepSeek to the test: how its performance compares against other AI tools

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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely

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Why Deepseek’s AI Leap Only Puts China in Front for Now

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4 steps to building a healthier relationship with your phone

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When news is stressful, how do you balance staying informed with ‘doomscrolling’?

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AI is bad for the environment, and the problem is bigger than energy consumption

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DeepSeek: how a small Chinese AI company is shaking up US tech heavyweights

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